Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The lions have roared upon him, and have made a noise, they have made his land a wilderness: his cities are burnt down, and there is none to dwell in them. young lions Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened. Jeremiah 25:30 And thou shalt prophesy unto them all these words, and thou shalt say to them: I The Lord shall roar from on high, and shall utter his voice from his holy habitation: roaring he shall roar upon the place of his beauty: the shout as it were of them that tread grapes shall be given out against all the inhabitants of the earth. Jeremiah 50:17 Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria devoured him: and last this Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath broken his bones. Judges 14:5 Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Thamnatha. And when they were come to the vineyards of the town, behold a young lion met him, raging and roaring. Job 4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions, are broken: Psalm 57:4 And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Isaiah 5:29 Their roaring like that of a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea they shall roar, and take hold of the prey, and they shall keep fast hold of it, and there shall be none to deliver it. Hosea 5:14 For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion's whelp to the house of Juda: I, I will catch, and go: I will take away, and there is none that can rescue. Hosea 11:10 They shall walk after the Lord, he shall roar as a lion: because he shall roar, and the children of the sea shall fear. Hosea 13:7,8 And I will be to them as a lioness, as a leopard in the way of the Assyrians. . . . Amos 3:4,8,13 Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? . . . Nahum 2:11 Where is now the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, to which the lion went, to enter in thither, the young lion, and there was none to make them afraid? yelled. Isaiah 1:7 Your land is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire: your country strangers devour before your face, and it shall be desolate as when wasted by enemies. Isaiah 24:1 Behold the Lord shall lay waste the earth, and shall strip it, and shall afflict the face thereof, and scatter abroad the inhabitants thereof. Ezekiel 5:14 And I will make thee desolate, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of every one that passeth by. his cities Jeremiah 4:7 The lion is come up out of his den, and the robber of nations hath roused himself: he is come forth out of his place, to make thy land desolate: thy cities shall be laid waste, remaining without an inhabitant. Jeremiah 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem to be heaps of sand, and dens of dragons: and I will make the cities of Juda desolate, for want of an inhabitant. Jeremiah 26:9 Why hath he prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying: This house shall be like Silo; and this city shall be made desolate, without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered together against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord. Jeremiah 33:10 Thus saith the Lord: There shall be heard again in this place (which you say is desolate, because there is neither man nor beast: in the cities of Juda, and without Jerusalem, which are desolate without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast) Jeremiah 34:22 Behold I will command, saith the Lord, and I will bring them again to this city, and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Juda a desolation, without an inhabitant. Jeremiah 44:22 So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed: therefore your land is become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. Isaiah 5:9 These things are in my ears, saith the Lord of hosts: Unless many great and fair houses shall become desolate, without an inhabitant. Isaiah 6:11 And I said: How long, O Lord? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land shall be left desolate. Zephaniah 1:18 Neither shall their silver and their gold be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: all the land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy destruction of all them that dwell in the land. Zephaniah 2:5 Woe to you that inhabit the sea coast, O nation of reprobates: the word of the Lord upon you, O Chanaan, the land of the Philistines, and I will destroy thee, so that there shall not be an inhabitant. Zephaniah 3:6 I have destroyed the nations, and their towers are beaten down: I have made their ways desert, so that there is none that passeth by: their cities are desolate, there is not a man remaining, nor any inhabitant. Context The Consequences of Israel's Sin14Is Israel a bondman, or a homeborn slave? why then is he become a prey? 15The lions have roared upon him, and have made a noise, they have made his land a wilderness: his cities are burnt down, and there is none to dwell in them.16The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have defloured thee, even to the crown of the head.… Cross References Jeremiah 4:7 The lion is come up out of his den, and the robber of nations hath roused himself: he is come forth out of his place, to make thy land desolate: thy cities shall be laid waste, remaining without an inhabitant. Jeremiah 50:17 Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria devoured him: and last this Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath broken his bones. Jeremiah 51:38 They shall roar together like lions, they shall shake their manes like young lions. Ezekiel 36:3 Therefore prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Because you have been desolate, and trodden under foot on every side, and made an inheritance to the rest of the nations, and are become the subject of the talk, and the reproach of the people: Zechariah 11:3 The voice of the howling of the shepherds, because their glory is laid waste: the voice of the roaring of the lions, because the pride of the Jordan is spoiled. Lexicon The young lionsכְפִרִ֔ים (ḵə·p̄i·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3715: A village, a young lion have roared יִשְׁאֲג֣וּ (yiš·’ă·ḡū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7580: To rumble, moan at him; עָלָיו֙ (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against they have growled נָתְנ֖וּ (nā·ṯə·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set with a loud voice. קוֹלָ֑ם (qō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound They have laid וַיָּשִׁ֤יתוּ (way·yā·šî·ṯū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7896: To put, set waste לְשַׁמָּ֔ה (lə·šam·māh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8047: Ruin, consternation his land; אַרְצוֹ֙ (’ar·ṣōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land his cities עָרָ֥יו (‘ā·rāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement lie in ruins, נִצְּת֖וּ (niṣ·ṣə·ṯū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 3341: To burn, set on fire, to desolate without מִבְּלִ֥י (mib·bə·lî) Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as inhabitants. יֹשֵֽׁב׃ (yō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry Additional Translations The young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitants.The young lions roared on him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant. The lions roared upon him, and uttered their voice, which have made his land a wilderness: and his cities are broken down, that they should not be inhabited. The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant. The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled: and they have made his land waste; his cities are burned up, without inhabitant. The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant. Against him roar do young lions, They have given forth their voice, And make his land become a desolation, His cities have been burnt without inhabitant. Jump to Previous Burned Burnt Cities Deserted Desolate Desolation Destroyed Inhabitant Lions Loud Outcry Resound Roar Roared Ruins Towns Voice Waste YoungJump to Next Burned Burnt Cities Deserted Desolate Desolation Destroyed Inhabitant Lions Loud Outcry Resound Roar Roared Ruins Towns Voice Waste YoungExternal Links Jeremiah 2:15 NIVJeremiah 2:15 NLT Jeremiah 2:15 ESV Jeremiah 2:15 NASB Jeremiah 2:15 ASV Jeremiah 2:15 Bible Apps Jeremiah 2:15 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 2:15 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 2:15 French Bible Jeremiah 2:15 German Bible Alphabetical: a and are at been burned cities deserted destroyed growled have him his inhabitant laid land Lions loudly made roared The they towns waste without young OT Prophets: Jeremiah 2:15 The young lions have roared on him (Jer.) 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